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Carnival Corporation: Engineer Sr, DevOps
Headquarters: Miami, FL, United States
URL: http://carnivalcorp.com
Description
The Senior Engineer, DevOps is responsible for designing, implementing, automating, and supporting the organization's cloud and on-premises infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines, deployment frameworks, and operational tooling. This role serves as a technical leader within the engineering organization, driving automation, reliability, scalability, and operational excellence across enterprise applications and platforms.
Essential Functions
DevOps Engineering & Automation
- Design, implement, and maintain CI/CD pipelines to support rapid, reliable software delivery.
- Develop infrastructure-as-code (IaC) solutions using tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation, or similar technologies.
- Automate provisioning, deployment, monitoring, and operational processes to reduce manual effort and improve consistency.
- Build and maintain reusable automation frameworks and deployment standards.
- Drive adoption of DevOps best practices across engineering teams.
Cloud & Infrastructure Management
- Design and support cloud-native and hybrid infrastructure environments.
- Manage cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform.
- Optimize infrastructure performance, scalability, availability, and cost efficiency.
- Implement containerization and orchestration technologies including Docker and Kubernetes.
- Ensure infrastructure aligns with enterprise architecture and security standards.
Reliability, Monitoring & Incident Response
- Develop and maintain monitoring, logging, and observability solutions.
- Implement proactive alerting and performance management capabilities.
- Participate in incident response, root cause analysis, and post-incident reviews.
- Drive continuous improvement initiatives to improve service reliability and operational resilience.
- Support Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) practices and operational maturity initiatives.
Security & Compliance
- Integrate security controls into CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure automation.
- Support DevSecOps initiatives and secure software delivery practices.
- Ensure compliance with corporate security standards, regulatory requirements, and audit controls.
- Collaborate with cybersecurity teams to remediate vulnerabilities and strengthen platform security.
Technical Leadership & Collaboration
- Provide technical leadership and mentorship to engineers and project teams.
- Participate in architecture reviews and technology evaluations.
- Collaborate with development teams to improve deployment efficiency and application reliability.
- Establish engineering standards, documentation, and operational runbooks.
- Lead complex infrastructure and automation initiatives across multiple teams.
Research and Innovation
- Stay abreast of emerging technologies, industry trends, and best practices.
- Research new tools, frameworks, and methodologies that can enhance solution designs and delivery.
- Participate in the evaluation and selection of appropriate technologies, frameworks, and tools to support the development and deployment of applications.
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
- Scope: Supports enterprise-wide applications, cloud platforms, and infrastructure environments. Leads medium to large-scale DevOps and automation initiatives. Influences engineering standards, tooling strategies, and platform architecture decisions.
- Problem Solving: Resolves highly complex technical issues involving infrastructure, deployments, integrations, and system reliability. Identifies opportunities for automation and process optimization.
- Impact: Significant impact on the organization's ability to deliver technology solutions quickly, securely, and reliably.
- Leadership: Serves as a technical mentor and subject matter expert. Provides guidance to DevOps engineers, software engineers, and infrastructure teams.
Essential/Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor's Degree in information technology, computer science, or related field or equivalent work experience.
- Strong experience with CI/CD tools (Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI/CD, Jenkins, or similar).
- Strong experience in Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CloudFormation, Ansible, or similar).
- Strong experience in at least one major cloud provider (Azure, AWS, or GCP; multi-cloud is a plus).
- Expertise in Kubernetes, Terraform, CI/CD, cloud automation, and container platforms.
- Strong experience in GitOps methodologies and tools (e.g., ArgoCD), platform engineering, self-service infrastructure, developer enablement, and reusable deployment patterns.
- Proficient in system monitoring tools including metrics, logging, and alerting platforms.
- Expertise in web-enabling technologies, web and administrative tools.
- Expertise in Source Control, Continuous Integration, Infrastructure Automation, Deployment Automation & Orchestration, and Mobile Device Management.
- Solid understanding of networking, security best practices, and system architecture.
- Excellent communication, team building, conflict management, and organizational skills.
Experience Requirements
- 5+ Years:
- Experience in ITIL and IT project management via various SDLCs (Agile, Waterfall, Hybrid, etc.).
- Participating in cross-functional technology teams.
- Experience in DevOps, Cloud Engineering, Infrastructure Engineering, or related technical disciplines.
- 3+ Years:
- Experience designing and supporting enterprise CI/CD platforms.
- Experience supporting large-scale production environments.
- Experience in network, server, and application-status monitoring.
- Experience in cloud infrastructure and modern application deployment methodologies.
Preferred Qualifications
- Certifications: AWS or Azure Certification, Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) or Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist (CKS), Project Management Professional (PMP), Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL).
- Industry Experience: 1+ year in the cruise and/or travel industry.
Remote Work Details
- This position is classified as “remote.”
- Candidates must be located in one of the following U.S. states: FL, GA, TX, or NC.
- May require regular travel to Carnival headquarters in Miami, FL for in-office collaboration.
Benefits
- Health Benefits: Cost-effective medical, dental, and vision plans; Employee Assistance Program; company-paid term life insurance and disability coverage.
- Financial Benefits: 401(k) plan with company match; Employee Stock Purchase plan.
- Paid Time Off: 8 company-wide holidays plus 2 floating holidays; vacation time (starting at 14 days for manager level and below); 80 hours of sick time for full-time employees.
- Other Benefits: Complementary stand-by cruises, employee discounts on confirmed cruises, special rates for family and friends, tuition reimbursement, and on-site fitness center at the Miami campus.
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